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The National Park Service predicts the cherry blossoms’ peak bloom will start the same day as the National Walk for Epilepsy! Share the news as a way to fundraise for your team. Read the National Park Service announcement: http://bit.ly/1F64vfm. The cherry blossom on top … be the biggest #EpilepsyWalk fundraiser between now and midnight eastern time Sunday (3/8) and you’ll win an official 2015 National Walk for Epilepsy hoodie. Find fundraising tips at http://walkforepilepsy.org/fundraise. Shop for Epilepsy Foundation apparel at [short link to apparel store - http://bit.ly/1NdB14X WASHINGTON — The National Park Service predicts the cherry blossoms’ peak bloom dates to be April 11- 14 this year. The park service announced the prediction during a news conference Tuesday morning. Mike Litterst, NPS spokesman… Cherry blossom peak bloom dates announced

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Children aged 3 months to 6 years may have tonic-clonic (grand-mal) seizures when they have a high fever. These are called febrile seizures. Sometimes coming "out of the blue," it can be an alert that the child is ill. #DareTo Learn about febrile seizures and how to treat them. http://bit.ly/17O3bCZ Who gets febrile seizures? Children aged 3 months to 5 or 6 years may have tonic-clonic seizures when they have a high fever. These are called febrile seizures (pronounced FEB-rile) and occur in 2% to 5% of all children. There is a slight tendency for them to run in families. If a child's parents, b… Febrile Seizures | Epilepsy Foundation

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For most people with seizures, treatment can control seizures. The first step is for you and your health care team to find the right medication or treatment. To learn about the basics of treating epilepsy visit and explore the treatment 101 section of our website http://bit.ly/1M1JCUX Good news! For most people with seizures and epilepsy, treatment can stop or control seizures. The first step is for you and your doctor to find the right medicine for you. While most people do well with the first 1 or 2 medicines they try, others find that medicine just doesn’t work. And for some p… Treatment 101: The Basics | Epilepsy Foundation